1358 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Ons. 445,446. 1899. UP¤°**l***l °·°°°¤¤*¤ Sec. 4. That the expenses incurred by the governors of States in i€g;]»°gu§m°s mt W carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be paid to them, notwithstanding any unsettled accounts, claims, or indebtedness of the United States against their States, and without prejudice to such unsettled Promos. accounts: Provided, That when such unsettled account is caused by a g§°1}§‘§Z§’§§§$n°,?nl§?Q§K` default in payment of principal or interest on any bonds or stock issued or guaranteed by any State, the ownership of which is vested in the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to institute any act or proceeding which he may consider advisable against such State or its representatives to secure the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds or stocks: rztiluapmnt, em., And provided further, That where the governor of any State or Terri- $},‘,§§ §§’,‘j,‘},,1‘,f,,{§'§§,§ tory, or any officer of the Army detailed as mustering officer of voluni¤Army.¤w- teers, or any commander of a company or companies, or troop or troops, or battery or battalion, or regiment, or brigade, has purchased or authorized the purchase of supplies or equipments, or incurred any necessary expense for the comfort of the men in camp or rendezvous, and said supplies were used and equipments were subsequently taken into the United States service by said volunteers, and no receipts given to such military officer, the certificate to that effect of the governor of the State or Territory to which the volunteers belonged, shall be held sufficient to authorize the settlement and payment of such account on investigation, if the Treasury Department shall be satisfied of the fact of such purchase of such equipment and supplies, or that such necessary expenses were incurred and such use of such supplies, or such ° taking of such equipments into the United States service, and the voucher or vouchers of said officers be produced by said governor. raymenzorutepnm Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorff; "“’“’l’°"““°“· ized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the just and proper account or claim of any railroad, transportation company, or person for transportation of men or troops from place . of enrollment to point of rendezvous, furnished at the request of the Quartermaster-General of the Army or his agents, or at the request of any United States mustering officer or other officer authorized by the Secretary of War to enroll, muster or inobolize volunteers for the war with Spain ; and also to pay such just and proper accounts as may be presented for transportation back from point of rendezvous to place of enrollment of men who volunteered and were rejected by the medical examimma. incr or mustering officer: Provided, That the amount allowed and paid L"““ °"“‘°°· for such transportation shall not bein excess of the rates charged for transporting troops of the United States under like circumstances. min.; cmu". All claims under the provision of this Act must be tiled in the office of the Auditor for the War Department, and must be supported by proper vouchers or other conclusive evidence of interest. Itylggggsgggplér W Sec. 6. That all claims for reimbursement under this Act or the Act ,.,,,.,,,g_ P of July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be presented in itemized form to the Treasury Department on or before January first, nineteen hundred and two, or be forever barred. Approved, March 3, 1899. March 3, 1899. 446.-An Act To provide for the erection of a building for the Department
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Whereas the building now occupied by the Department of Justice is too small for its purpose, is unsafe, overcrowded, and dangerously overloaded, and has been so pronounced, after examination by the proper officials of the Treasury Department: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Department of _-In States of America in Congress assembled, That a iireproof building shall uggéw mmm for be erected for the accommodation and use of the Department of Justice ,m;h,,,,,ed_ g * upon the ground belonging to the Government at the corner of Penn-
